Broom-maker s thimble



(ModeL) D. W. ALBERT.

BROOM MAKER'S THIMBLE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL ALBERT, OF PLYMOUTH, INDIANA.

BROOM=MAKERS THIMBLE.

SIECIFICATION forming part of Letters- Patent No. 398,812, dated March 5, 1889.

Applicati n fil d March 14, 1887- Serial No. 230,913, (Modeh) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. ALBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plymouth, in the county of Marshall and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementnamely, a Broom-Makers Thimble; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in broomunakers thimbles; and the novelty will be fully understood from the following description and claims, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder with my improved broom-cuff thimble in position therein. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the thimble complete removed from the holder. Fig. is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view.

fteferring by letter to the said (I ra win gs,A indicates a holder, which may be made of leather or other suitable material to be convenicntly applied to the hand and afford comfort. This holder may have a thumb-hole, o, and a suitable fastenin device, I). The holder should be sufficiently wide to cross the palm of the hand, and at such point at its outer side is provided with a pocket for the reception of the thimble, as shown at 13. This pocket is preferably so attached to the main body of the holder as to permit the thimble of ready retrieval and replacement.

The thimble comprises a base-section, which has its upper [ace or side plain and its under side convex, as shown. The upper plain side of thebasesection is provided with a marginal flange, d, which has a groove or recess on its inner side, as shown at e, and.

diametrically opposite this flange (J i a lug, D. E indicates the top or outer section of the a central annular opening, f, which flares, as better shown in Fig. dot the drawings, so that it may guide the needle to the button or disk, as will be explained. This top or outer sec tion is furthermore provided with a straight This outer section is provided with f or cutaway portion, as shown at g, and atongue, 72, to enter the notch or recess 6 in the flange of the bottom section. The top section is furthermore provided, at a point diametrically opposite the tongue 72, with a notch, t', designed to receive the stud D on the bottom or lower section.

G indicates the disk or button, which is made of metal or other suitable hard material. lVhen made of metal, lead or composition in etal-such as type-metalmay be used, and when made of material other than metal it should be of a substance sufiiciently hard or tough to prevent the point of aneedle from penetrating through it, but not so hard as to injure the needlepoint. This button or disk is confined between the two sections of a thiinble at the base of the aperture f, and is prevented from lateral displacement therein by means of an annular groove, Il.

Broom cuff thimbles as heretofore constructed have been formed from a single piece and of very hard metal. The metal of which they have been composed being harder than that ol' the needle used, the points of the needle become very shortly impaired by constantly coming in contact with them. It has been found that when the needle becomes dull and worn it breaks the broonrstraw to such an extent as to cause damage and annoyance in the manufacture of fine brooms. It should be here remarked that the inner and outer or top and bottom sections of the thimble may be made of very hard metal, yet the button or disk should be of sufficiently soft metal as not to damage or injure the points of the needle with which it comes in contact. may be quickly removed and replaced by an other withoutv in any manner impairing the usefulness of the other parts of the device.

While I have described the construction specifically as herein shown, yet I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to the exact construction illustrated, as it is obvious that, instead of connecting the two parts of the thimble as I have illustrated, they may be connected by a hinge or in any other suitable manner, as it is simply necessary to provide a thimble, so as to receive a disk or but- \\'hen the disk has become worn, it

and having a flaring aperture and its inner side provided with an annular groove, and the disk arranged at the base of the aperture, 15 substantially as specified.

Witness my hand and seal, this 11th day of March, at Plymouth, Marshall county, Indiana, in the year 1887.

r DANIEL W. ALBERT. [L. s] WVitnesses: WILLIAM B. HEss,

7 DAVID MODUFFIE. 

